Junior Research Fellow Posts Vacant @ IRCC – IIT Bombay

Research and development activities from the lifeline of a vibrant academic institution. Dean R&D and IRCC play a vital role in IITB’s intellectual output by providing end-to-end support, from conceptualization to commercialization, of research ideas, specifically by

• Ensuring that environment is created / nurtured / maintained so that faculty and scientists at IITB are able to conduct research of the highest caliber.
  The research environment includes laboratories’ civil infrastructure, equipment, support staff — both technical and administrative — and research staff .
• Providing support for researchers to liaise with (potential) funding sources so as to be able to finance their research and development activities.
• Spotting and nurturing opportunities for collaboration between researchers (within IITB) and their counterparts in other institutions.
• Ensuring that IITB researchers are positioned to contribute to the state of the art in cutting edge and emerging areas of research in Science and Engineering.
• Identifying and putting in place ways and means by which work done by researchers at IITB can be exploited whenever appropriate and possible – to address problems faced by society and industry. Towards this, licensing, commercialization and agile processes for industry-academia partnerships are a must.
• Providing admin support for conducting research – management of human resources, financial management, procurement.

Job Title :  Junior Research Fellow

No. of Posts :   2

Project Title :  National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) Phase-II

Salary : Consolidated salary Rs.25000/- p.m. + HRA

Job Description : Development of low cost cathode and anode material for Li-ion batteries fabrication

Qualifications :

MSc. in Inorganic Chemistry /Physical Chemistry/Physics /Chemistry/Material Science/Nanotechnology with percentage 60% and above. The applicant should have prior experience in below:
1) basic knowledge of performing experiments like XRD, SEM, Ball milling etc.
2) basic knowledge of solution preparation, chemical handling chemical reactions, sample preparation using furnace etc.

Application Instructions:

Candidate possessing the requisite qualification and experience should apply online athttp://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/rnd/HRMSLoginPage.jsp on or before 22nd November, 2017 . Call letters will be sent through e-mail to the candidates shortlisted for interview and will also be displayed on IRCC website. Candidates called for interview will be required to attend at their own expenses.

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